General Transportation Must Install No Smoking Stickers In Today's History, December 10, 2014

JAKARTA History today, 11 years ago, December 10, 2014, Minister of Transportation (Menhub), Ignasius Jonan instructed all public transport operators to put up stickers to be prohibited from smoking from land to air transportation operators.

The narrative is a form of commitment to provide comfortable public transportation. Previously, Jonan was known as a major figure in the reform of the Indonesian Railway (KAI). One of the most talked about traces was that he dared to prohibit people from smoking in train carriages.

No one doubts Jonan's existence in changing the face of the train. The Director of KAI from the 2009-2014 era began to change KAI's business orientation from producing oriented to focustomer focused. The picture of the train that used to be dilapidated tries to be changed.

He wants trains in the city to be enjoyed long distances comfortably by all walks of life. He also wants trains to be the mainstay of the mass transportation of the Indonesian people.

This seriousness made him go directly into understanding the problems faced by KAI, such as the convenience of train carriages. He witnessed for himself how complex the train problem was.

Jonan did not forget to participate in presenting a ban on smoking in stations and train carriages. He wants all train carriages to use air conditioning.

Efforts are not easy. He understands that many of the KAI directors are active smokers. He tried to take a personal approach. He invited a meeting of his staff. He also started cigarettes.

He asked the ranks to start activating the desire for smokers not to smoke in train cars. This wish was welcomed. All because many think that smokers can not smoke.

As a result, KAI's new rules prohibiting smokers in carriages were set on March 1, 2012. Anyone who smokes will be dealt with firmly by fielding them at the nearest station. However, if their KAI employees will be fired immediately.

The passenger was immediately dispatched at the nearest station. There will be no change in the rules, immediately fire (if KAI employees are caught smoking). There is no mercy if caught smoking in a train carriage. If I go to Yogyakarta or to Surabaya alone, I can hold back smoking all day. I don't smoke in the train carriage. I just smoked when I arrived at my destination, "said Jonan as quoted on the Kontan page, October 10, 2012.

The success of Jonan as the leader of KAI made President Jokowi attracted. He then looked at Jonan as the right person to lead the Ministry of Transportation. As a result, Jonan officially became Minister of Transportation on October 27, 2014, Jonan immediately stepped on the gas.

He began to apply KAI-style smoking bans to all public transportation. The legal product is contained in Circular Number: SE 29 of 2014 concerning the Prohibition of Smoking in General Transportation Facilities December 3, 2014.

As a result, Jonan officially banned smoking activities in all existing public transportation, from land to air. Jonan also instructed the mandatory installation of stickers specifically prohibited from smoking in all public transportation modes on December 10, 2014.

The installation is a form of the government's commitment to provide comfortable public transportation spaces. As a result, there are no more people who are harmed by inhaling cigarette smoke.

"In the circular signed by the Minister of Transportation on December 3, 2014, the Minister of Transportation ordered all transportation mode operators to put stickers with the words: No Smoking. The crew of transportation facilities should increase supervision of every passenger and those who violate it should be given strict sanctions," said the Head of the Public Communication Center of the Ministry of Transportation. West Java as quoted by the Kompas.com page, December 10, 2014.